Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motley
Constance Baker Motleywas an African-American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan, New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth14 September 1921
CountryUnited States of America
Constance Baker Motley quotes about
bar life notion race rejected success
I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.
american-activist exemplary
We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.
considered members originally reference society
The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.